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Authorities in Stephens County are investigating to try to find out where a suspicious device found in Toccoa came from Friday. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said that on Friday, deputies from his office responded to an unspecified location in the area of Tugalo Street in Toccoa in reference to a report of a...

The Toccoa Falls College Eagles split a double header with Georgia Gwinnett College. At home Saturday in games broadcast on AM 630 WNEG and wnegradio.com, the Eagles lost Game One to Georgia Gwinnett, the number six team in the nation in NAIA baseball, 8-1. However, the Eagles came back to win the second game...

The Stephens County Indian baseball team will now prepare for the first round of the state AAAA baseball playoffs later this week. Stephens County wrapped up the regular season Friday with a 13-1, five-inning win over the Johnson Knights at the Reservation. Seven different players had RBIs for the Indians. They were led by...

Solar panels installed on land owned by the Stephens County Development Authority are up and running. The solar panels are located in the area of Turner and Wolf Pit roads. Development Authority Executive Director Tim Martin said that the panels were turned on and began producing 700 kilowatts of electricity to send to the...

Downtown Martin will host its annual Spring Festival this weekend. The fourth annual Martin Spring Festival is set to take place Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jeraldine Hayes helps to organize the festival each year. She said they are looking to great weather and a great day with lots of things for...

Organizers are counting up the tokens from this year’s “A Taste of Toccoa.” The 24th annual event took place Thursday night in downtown Toccoa. A large crowd turned out on what was a great evening weather-wise to enjoy food from local restaurants and caterers, as well as entertainment and children’s activities. The Toccoa Main...

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Authorities in Banks County are searching for the person who left a suspicious package in a Starbucks’ parking lot. Banks County Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson Carissa McFaddin said it happened Thursday morning at the Starbucks in Banks Crossing at Exit 149 off of Interstate 85. McFaddin said the manager...

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia The investigation continues into the murder suicide two weeks ago that began at the Froh’s Restaurant in Hart County and left three people dead. On Wednesday, Northern Judicial District Attorney Parks White confirmed agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation continue to look into the case. “The GBI...

The March figures from the Georgia Department of Labor indicate a drop in the Stephens County unemployment rate. Those figures were released earlier this week. They put Stephens County’s preliminary March unemployment rate at 6.4 percent. That is four-tenths of a percentage point lower than the revised February rate of 6.8 percent and 1.6...

An annual Spring event returns to downtown Toccoa tonight. The 24th annual “A Taste of Toccoa” takes place tonight in downtown Toccoa from 5 to 8 p.m. Toccoa Main Street Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby said “Taste” is one of Toccoa’s most popular downtown events each year. “It is an opportunity for our local restaurants...